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“Will your administration end the policy that individual homeowners have to pay for sidewalk repair?” That was the final question asked at a March 30 forum for Bloomington mayoral hopefuls. Moderating the forum was Paul Helmke, who was a three-term mayor of Fort Wayne, and is a professor of practice

In a letter received by Monroe County’s legal department on Thursday (April 6), David Wolfe Bender says he does not plan to resign as the Democratic Party’s nominee for Bloomington’s District 6 city council seat after the May 2 primary. That’s a course reversal for the

At a work session held on Wednesday, Monroe County commissioners and chief sheriff’s deputy Phil Parker did not mince words when they took up the topic of transparency in connection with the selection of DLZ as the design-build firm for a new county jail. Making a recommendation for DLZ,

At its Tuesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved the appropriation of $391,906—to address substance abuse, outreach to the houseless community, and other programs to be determined by the city’s community and family resources department (CFRD). The money came from the proceeds of a global settlement in

On Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock sharp, Monroe County clerk Nicole Browne opened the door to the election operations center at 4th and Walnut streets and called out: “Hear ye, hear ye, the polls are now open!” That’s how in-person early voting kicked off this year for the

For 90 minutes on Monday night at Tri-North Middle School, the three candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor of Bloomington fielded questions at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County. Seated from left to right on the stage of the school’s